Darlington expect to hear this morning the results of scans on injury victims Sam Russell and David Duke.

Russell sustained an injury in training which ruled him out of Saturday's game with Rushden and Diamonds.

If he has suffered a hairline fracture of his fibula, as suspected, the keeper could be missing for another two weeks which would see French Bert Bossu continue in goal.

Despite an unreliable five games at the start of the season Bossu put in a much-improved display during Saturday's 1-1 draw.

Duke could be out even longer with physio Paul Gough forecasting up to a month on the sidelines for the Scot who had previously rarely been injured during his career at Swindon where he played almost every week for five seasons.

But since joining Darlington in the summer he has been constantly troubled by injury, limping off with a variety of problems, the latest a groin strain which he suffered in the first half on Saturday before being substituted.

Meanwhile, Carlos Logan, another to have returned from injury, has challenged Darlington's strikers to let the goals do the talking.

The winger last night revealed how he, and other midfielders, have bore the brunt of verbal frustration from Quakers' goal-shy forwards, unhappy with the lack of service.

But, after creating a host of scoring opportunities against Rushden, before Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu rescued an injury time point, Logan believes the strikers should have few grievances.

"The front men have been complaining that they don't get enough service, but I thought we created a lot against Rushden," he said.

"We had half a dozen good chances in the first half, but we just couldn't seem to put the ball in the back of the net and I thought their keeper was outstanding.

"The gaffer told us to carry on creating the chances in the second half and he would put his house on us scoring.

"Even though it came in the last minute it was deserved and we could even have gone on to win.

"I don't think our strikers could have any complaints with what we gave them on Saturday and it's important that we continue creating the chances."

The 20-year-old has been a success this season, making the left-wing spot his own.

But, even with Logan's pace and creativity, 13th placed Quakers have endured an all too familiar inconsistent start.

Victories over Grimsby and Rochdale have been followed by defeats against struggling Macclesfield and Bristol Rovers.

"When he play against the poorer teams we seem to fall down to their level," said Logan. "But when we play against a decent team we always raise our game.

"It's so frustrating, but if that's the case then we should be treating every game as if we're playing the best."

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